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THIS WAY OUT Rundown
Program #571
(Distributed 03/08/99)
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Another homophobic hate murder stuns the U.S., a Chinese gay student group
fights backlash, and consent may finally be equalized in Britain
250+ events in every U.S. state will show that "Equality Begins At Home"
For "Parody Romantic" "That`s Forever" "Know The Code" from the
"AudioFile"
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PRSS issued an "impairment" notice for this program; please be advised that
the "impairment" consists of a slight fuzziness in the spoken word portions of
the last segment, about 20:30 - 26:40; the rest of the program is fine.
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Opening Theme Music/Intro Continuity [no teases this week]
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SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Another grisly gay-bashing murder -- Billy Jack
Gaither in Alabama -- again stuns the U.S. [with brief comments by the Nat`l
Gay & Lesbian Task Force`s TRACEY CONATY], even as Wyoming and New Mexico hate
crimes bills are killed; Lou Sheldon`s Traditional Values Coalition uses
blatant lies in ad campaign attacking California student protection bill;
China`s newly-formed first-ever gay and lesbian campus group stands up to
immediate backlash; a Cairo college bans gay Moroccan`s novel; Britain`s
House of Commons overwhelmingly approves age of consent equality -- again;
the U.K. will count same-gender couples in its next census (2001); gay taunts
disrupt British pro soccer match; popular transgender Thai kickboxer Parinya
Klatbusaba announces a change of careers; bisexual singer Dusty Springfield
dies of breast cancer at the age of 59, while openly-gay Tony-award-winning
director Jose Quintero loses his battle with cancer at the age of 74, and
former Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, best known for authoring the 1973
Roe v. Wade ruling upholding abortion rights, but who also wrote a strong
dissent to the Court`s 1986 Bowers v. Hardwick decision chiding his colleagues
for their knee-jerk homophobia, dies at the age of 90 [compiled and written by
CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN,
MARTIN RICE, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and
anchored by LEO GARCIA and CINDY FRIEDMAN] ............................ 10:50
SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for EBAH + AudioFile [:10] + When two Alabama men
confessed this week that they had bludgeoned BILLY JACK GAITHER to death
because he was gay, Coosa County authorities were quick to recognize that the
murder was clearly a hate crime -- except for one thing: Alabama`s hate
crimes law does not include crimes against gays and lesbians. Shocked
residents of the rural community have been cooperative in helping to solve the
crime, which has stunned a nation still reeling from the hate-motivated
killings of James Byrd, Jr. and Matthew Shepard. Pacifica Radio`s VERNA AVERY
BROWN's report includes comments by Sylacauga deputy AL BRADLEY and DAVID
WHITE of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance of Alabama [3:55] + "TWO" I.D. by Tom
Robinson (with an excerpt from TRB`s "Glad To Be Gay") [:30]
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SEGMENT #3 - AudioFile billboard [:15] + "EQUALITY BEGINS AT HOME" is a
first-ever coordinated series of actions and events for lesbigay equal rights
during the week of March 21st. Upwards of 250 events already planned in every
U.S. state, D.C. and Puerto Rico range from legislative lobbying to
barnstorming bus tours. TRACEY CONATY of the National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force and GINA REISS of the Federation of Statewide GLBT Organizations provide
the whys and wherefores, along with "more info" contact numbers*, in
conversation with This Way Out`s GREG GORDON [4:15]
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[*EBAH coordinator Paula Ettelbrick in NYC: 212/633-9775;
PEttelbrick@ngltf.org; website: www.equalitybeginsathome.org]
SEGMENT #4 - Electronic, acoustic and rock-edged music newly-out on CD are in
this month`s "AUDIOFILE", as CHRIS WILSON & PAM MARSHALL [with production by
CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM] preview "Know The Code" (CYPHERE), "Parody
Romantic" (ERNEST DAVID LIJOI) and "That`s Forever" (DEBBIE CLEMMER)
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CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY
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TOTAL PROGRAM TIME
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-----------------------------Please note--------------------------------
Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to
email
"T.W.O." Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at: TWOradio@aol.com
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ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON “THIS WAY OUT”, HOMOPHOBIA MOTIVATES ANOTHER U.S.
HATE MURDER, A CHINESE GAY STUDENT GROUP STANDS UP TO BACKLASH, AND THE
THIRD VOTE MIGHT BE THE CHARM FOR AGE OF CONSENT REFORM IN BRITAIN ... OVER
250 LOCAL RIGHTS EVENTS ARE PLANNED ACROSS THE U.S. LATER THIS MONTH TO
SHOW THAT "EQUALITY BEGINS AT HOME" ... AND NEWLY-OUT ELECTRONIC, ACOUSTIC
AND ROCK-EDGED CDs ARE PREVIEWED IN THIS MONTH`S "AUDIOFILE".
SO TUNE IN TO“THIS WAY OUT:THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY
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